I regret the way I voted.

[lulucappuccino]

After a long day reading Facebook (didn't announce on there that I'd voted out), colleagues talking and family (who do know how I voted) complaining, I really wish I'd voted to remain.

I read a few bullet point articles and felt swayed by the amount of money were were paying to the EU. But I feel as though I'd partly not researched enough and also believed the hype.

Seeing the pound falling and friends worried for their jobs etc, I feel as though I've done something really bad. In fact, I'm sure I have.

Does anyone else regret the way they voted, whichever way that was?

And why are Leave supporters surprised that the Remain are angry at the result?
If it had been the other way around, you would have been angry?
You didn't think that the Remain supporters were just as convinced as you are that staying was the right solution?

And I'm not even going into the fact that in effect we've open the door to the far right and no one seems to dare mentioning that in the news either.

I think you will find you are far far from alone in your regret. And extremely far from alone in your ignorant manner towards voting.

You and many many leave voters like you have caused total chaos. You have plunged our economy through the floor. Food prices will rise, energy prices will rise, general cost of living will rise while quality of life plummets.
People will lose their jobs, homes, savings, pensions.

On the plus side, the many many ignorant voters who did like you did probably won't admit it and feel regret so Thanks for that.

I'll tell my children about it in 20 years time wen they can't go to uni or buy houses or travel around with visas.

I am not surprised you are angry. I am surprised at the level of hypocrisy demonstrated by so many in calling the result undemocratic and asking for another go.

Cry me a fucking river OP.

Whether they are or not is the issue. The issue is that they have based all the campaign on ideas that ARE far right wing, stop immigration, they are taking your jobs, destroying the NHS etc etc.

And by coming out as winners, it's all these ideas that have been legitimised.
FWIW I do hope that no one voted Leave because they just voted to Boris Johnson on the ground is a conservative and therefore isn't far right so whatever he is saying is OK (unlike UKIP etc...)

Just read about TTIP. Wish I could turn back time.

That petition is pointless.

Parliament will debate it as a matter of course.
But unless the 14+ million who voted remain all come out and sign it then it means nothing. Even 1million signatures is only 10% of remainers and that's a small percentage.

And if parliament do call for a re vote and it goes to remain then the leavers will petition and there'll be a re vote and then the cycle repeats until what end??

What's done is done. Best to get on with it.

Good timing.

It's not as if any of those issues had been discussed anywhere. Even on MN.

I suppose that it is likely the numbers who regret are small, realistically

I disagree, I spent much of yesterday scooting round the net gauging reactions and the number of people who regret their vote and/or know people who regret it is staggeringly, horrifyingly high.

If these are representative and there's no reason to think they're not, then there are many, many people who regret their vote.

There are an astonishing number who say their vote was just a protest as they never thought we'd leave anyway.

wheeze65 how exactly can we make the country great again?????

It's not legally binding, though. There is wiggle room. Look at David Allen Green's Twitter account for some of the legal aspects of this.

*I'm shock at the idea that a referendum is just an opinion poll!!

If you want an opinion poll, say so. A referendum is a different thing, you knew it, everyone knew it. Because it didn;''t go the way you were hoping for does it mean it's OK to forget basic principles of democracy.
That would be even worse than going out of the EU and the whole way this campaign has gone TBH.*

But that's exactly what it was. It was an 'advisory referendum' to give the MP's advice on how the public feel in order to form their decision on how to vote about invoking article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. Did you really not understand that? How could you vote in a referendum without understanding even the most basic meaning of it? That's utterly mind-boggling!!!! How can people not make the effort to understand how their democracy works before participating in it. You should be ashamed, tbh. So as you don't know, let me make it clear. This referendum is not even close to legally binding in any way. The UK isn't Ireland where referendums do carry legal weight. This was the very, very definition of a (very, very expensive) opinion poll.

Lulu, it's not your fault.

If the margin of difference was just one, then it might have been, but it wasn't.

Campaign for better education of voters or hope not hate or something instead.

Very large thread,
I'd love to know, how with 8 jobs local to me in my trade, 6 of which I'm under qualified for, How losing my job yesterday (Due to my company moving back to their EU country in light of Brexit) Will make the country great again? How will losing my home make britain great again? How will taking tax payers money in unemployment benefits make britain great again?
HOW.

It's not legally binding, though. There is wiggle room. Look at David Allen Green's Twitter account for some of the legal aspects of this.

Wiggle room? For disregarding the result of a legitimate plebiscite?!

Has everyone gone quite mad?

I had a dream last night, It was the not too distant distopian future and the british public were forced to work long grueling hours in the dioriam mines...

The Daily Mail had the headline "Hurray Boris Johnson brings mining back to the working class. 👍"

HOW.

Oh apparently, billions will be put into the NHS.

Oh wait...

Oh no, apparently we'll 'get our control back'.

That petition is pointless.

Parliament will debate it as a matter of course
But unless the 14+ million who voted remain all come out and sign it then it means nothing. Even 1million signatures is only 10% of remainers and that's a small percentage

Not true at all. If significant numbers sign it, and it's already hit 1 million in 1 day, not only will MPs have to debate it but they will have to take it seriously.

With enough support from the electorate, there's a strong case for MPs to overrule it and/or call another referendum.

This time, with a threshold. The threshold will stop the repetition.

I am certain, given the reaction to the vote, the extent of the regret among leave voters, the reality hitting home of the consequences - including the number of people already losing their jobs, that there would be a landslide remain vote were there to be another referendum.

You have indeed done something really stupid. But hey. You're not alone. So did 52% of the people who voted. They are the ones who deserve what they will get. Sadly the rest of us are going to get the same shit too. And we don't deserve it nor do the young who have been sold down the river by people like you. Cheers for that. No sympathy here. You feel guilty? Good. You should.

Oh and those Economists also predicted the downgrading of Britain's credit rating. That of course has now happened. In case you're wondering why Moody's cut our rating, this is what they said. "The negative effect from lower economic growth will outweigh the fiscal savings from the UK no longer having to contribute to the EU budget," and "The UK government has one of the largest budget deficits among advanced economies, and lower GDP growth will further complicate the implementation of the government's multiyear fiscal consolidation plan,".

In other words, the U.K. will have less money to spend on public services. But by downgrading, it makes it more expensive for the uk to borrow money, which means......less money for public services.

I am sure it will all be fine OP. Eventually. No need for regrets!

I've just signed and I urge others to do so
Voter apathy is part of the reason we ate in this mess

No I don't regret my 'out' vote. There's been a lot of scare mongering in the press, just ignore it.

Scaremongering?
Please define what you think that word means please...
Billions wiped off the FTSE
Leave campaign admitting lies about money for the nhs and immigration control
The PM resigning
These are called FACTS

The FTSE was the highest it had been all week.

I regret my vote too, to the point I'm feeling depressed about it. I did my research though and 51/49 for me voting leave, that's how close it was to me. And now I think I'm just nervous in case it doesn't all come out in the wash, although I think in time it will.